Category: Government

The White House has ordered former White House counsel Don McGahn not to turn over documents to Congress because President Trump may exert executive privilege to block their release. Pat Cipollone, the current top White House lawyer, wrote a letter on Tuesday asking the House Judiciary Committee to go through the White House to request […]

The House Judiciary Committee will vote Wednesday to hold Attorney General William Barr in contempt after he failed to comply with a subpoena to provide Congress with an unredacted version of special counsel Robert Mueller’s report on Russian interference in the 2016 election and the underlying evidence, the panel announced Monday. The committee’s move is […]

The Trump administration plans to publish a new rule this week that would allow an additional 30,000 migrant workers to stay in the U.S. for seasonal work through the end of September, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) announced Monday. Acting DHS Secretary Kevin McAleenan announced that his agency and the Department of Labor will […]

President Trump on Sunday said special counsel Robert Mueller should not testify on the findings of his probe into Russia’s election interference, suggesting the move was an attempt by Democrats to renew scrutiny on the White House after the release of Mueller’s long-awaited report. “After spending more than $35,000,000 over a two year period, interviewing […]

LOS ANGELES — On the same day the Trump administration said it would reunite thousands of migrant families it had separated at the border with the help of a “central database,” an official was admitting privately the government only had enough information to reconnect 60 parents with their kids, according to emails obtained by NBC […]

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi alleged Thursday that Attorney General Bill Barr “lied to Congress” and reportedly told colleagues in a closed-door meeting that he committed a crime — prompting a fiery rebuke from the Justice Department. Pelosi, D-Calif., addressed the issue publicly during a press conference late Thursday morning, hedging a bit on the question […]

A rift has opened between the two men over Barr’s handling of Mueller’s politically charged report on the Justice Department’s two-year investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 election. Barr’s testimony at a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing Wednesday offered new details about the differences between Barr and Mueller, who made clear his displeasure with Barr’s […]

Former FBI Director James Comey said in an interview Wednesday that President Trump may have obstructed justice in his decision to fire him. (AP) Former FBI Director James Comey wrote a scathing op-ed in the New York Times about President Trump and his influence over those in his administration, particularly Attorney General William Barr amid […]

WASHINGTON — In his first public testimony since the release of special counsel Robert Mueller’s report, Attorney General William Barr sought to defend himself Wednesday against accusations from Democrats that he misled Congress about the Mueller team’s concerns over his description of their findings. At a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing Wednesday, Democrats pressed Barr about […]

Democratic presidential candidate Pete Buttigieg sat down with Hillary Clinton on Tuesday, sources tell The Hill. Buttigieg, the mayor of South Bend, Ind., who has been recently surging in the polls, requested the meeting, the sources say. He’s the latest 2020 contender to meet with Clinton, the 2016 Democratic nominee, as she offers advice on […]

Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein on Monday submitted his resignation to President Trump, effective May 11. Attorney General William Barr in a statement said Rosenstein served the Justice Department “with dedication and distinction.” “His devotion to the Department and its professionals is unparalleled,” the statement read. “Over the course of his distinguished government career, he […]

WASHINGTON — Hope and change were luxuries of the past. Joe Biden is running on fear. “If we give Donald Trump eight years in the White House, he will forever and fundamentally alter the character of this nation, who we are,” the former vice president said in a straight-to-camera video declaring his long-awaited entry into […]